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The True Citizen.
A. RIDK ACROSS THE COUN-
O'Y.
WAYNESBORO, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 18*2
Entered at the post office at Waynesboro
as second class matter.
Oa.,
FitOMS0UTHWEST TO NORTTTKAS T
CHOPS. ETC., ETC.
—Mr. Millard Rhodes was in town Thursday.
—Mr. J. S. mount’s little infant son is very ill.
—Peachessell from fifteen to twenty-live cents
a peck in this market.
—Fitts were retailed on our streets Wednesday
at 5 cents per dozen. «
—,t. B. Smith, .jr., is now among the happiest
men in towu—it’s a boy.
—Mr. John A. Grubbs and family have return
ed from a visit to Jefferson.
—Mr. 0. E. Scherer will accept our thanks for
a fine mess of Irish potatoes.
—Hall’s Is the only pla :e you can get cooking
oil. Only 90 cents per gallon.
-Mr. W. L. McElmurray has purchased Mr. R.
f. Neely’s fine horse and buggy.
—'.Ve regret that much of. our important local
matter is crowded out of this issue.
—Mr. S. L. Foster lost his little infant son by
congestive fever on Wednesday night.
—Mr. Jacob Davis, of tlie firm of Dayis &
Marks, of Midville, was in town Thursday.
—Mrs. W. F. Holleyman, who was culled to
Augusta by her brother’s death, returned home
Thursday nigh .
—Capt. .U P. Thomas lost another of Ids fine
mules last week. This makes the third one the
i 'aptain lias lost
—Mrs. I'ecnifin and her two pretty little girls
returned home on Thursday from a visit to
frh nds in Jefferson.
—Bub Jones, col , lmd a hearing Friday under
a charge of wife beating. We faih d to barn the
decision of the court.
—Mr. 8. Wetherhalm is now the happy father
of another fine bov. The oat and baby crop of
Burac is very prolific.
—Miss M. Ella Carpenter, after a 4 months stay
with relatives in Augusta, returned to Oakland
Farm on Monday last.
—Judge Samuel Levy, in company with his
wife and daughter, of Augusta, is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. L. C. lien.
—Mr. S. L. Foster is building a harness shop
on Peace street, below Evans & Thomas’ store.
Verily Waynesboro increases.
—All members and advertisers who are yet
entitled to the Fair Premium Lists, can get them
by calling at the Arlington hotel.
—Mr. John AY. Fulcher, of 3/cBenn, had the
misfortune to lose his little boy from diptheria,
laid Sunday a week ago, the 28d ult.
-Mrs. Routzaim and her two little daughters,
lluide and B rtlia, left for tlephzilmh last Mon
day to visit the family of Mr. .1. S. Byne.
—Go to Hall’s for pure cooking oil. A fresh
barrel just received at 90 cents a gallon, 10
pounds to the gallon. Don’t fail to try it.
—Little rear! Rowland, step daughter of Dr.
.1. J. Palmer, who are now at their summer resi
dence near Green’s Cut, is very ill from fei er.
-Mrs. Valentine Fulcher lost one of her little
b< ys from fever near J/eBean, last Tuesday
w< ek, the 25th ult., where they are summering.
Those wlio wish to see a line steel engraving
Gov. Btephrns, can do so by calling at our
otlicc, where we have one of the best pictures of
him we ever saw.
— Our McBean correspondent reaches us too
late fbr this issue. By-tlie-way, what has be
come of our Thomson correspondent ? Let us
hear from you Tvrone.
—Dr. Holleyman comes to the front this week
with a change of advertisement. The Doctor
proposes to do the right tiling by his customers.
Don’t fail to read his advertisement.
—Our little reporter, ,Tu!o Reynolds, in com-
p.Tnv with several of t e town boys, attended a
Sunday school celebration at Habersham on
Thursday. They report a nice time.
—If you have that disease called sore eyes go
to Dr. Holleymar’s drug store and get a box of
Pettit's eye salve, and suffer no more. It is the
best thing of the kind we have ever tried.
—Mr. Win. H. Holmley is the boss gin sharpner
<4 the G4th district. It is said that when he
sharpens a gin it takes the lint off the seeds as
clean as if it had been shaved with a r zor.
—Mr. W. H. Grubbs, one of Emanuels cle ver
est young men, now assists Mr. Jas. T V. Grubbs
in his arduous duties as post master. Willie lias
made many friends during bis . tav among us.
Pure, double refined cooking oil just receiv
ed at Hall's at 90 ceil s per gallon.
- Mr. J. D. Hunter, our efficient section master,
tl an whom there is no better in the State, in onus
ns steel rails have been laid on his entire section
with the exception of one mile. The road will
soon iiavo steel rails from Augusta to Milieu.
—We call special attention to the advertise
ment of Mr. A. A. Wood, of Searhoro. Anyore
knowing of the whereabouts of the property ad
vertised will be rewarded for his trouble upon
i onvtying said information to Mr Wood. See
advertis
Interested in every industry of
Bnrke county, we always utilize any
chance when possible to inform purseli
of her resources, and having lately had
an opportunity to see same of he county
we propose now to give our readers the
benefit of our observations.
sement
—The jfasonic Lodge of Waynesboro will give
a grand barbecue on Friday August 25. J/idville
and .Seiiven lodges have been invited. Hon.
John 8. Davidson, and probably some other
bright Aftmpns from Augusta will also be invited
to give g lecture on .Masonry.
—I wjiiremain In Waynesboro with my pie-
tore gallery until the 18 of August. All who
wish M have their pictures taken should call
as earjy as possible, us it may be a long time
before jtftey have the opportunity again.
T. W. DALE.
— (■bailie TTodgcs, a colored mnKe, was lodged
in jail up Thursday for displaying his skill in the
r b]
, azor by trying to cut a negro won an’s
throat near the depot, by the name of ltuiney
The woman, not fancying the leaving
of this world with its many watermelons, ob
jected, and escaping, had him arrested.
—The attention of our city authorities is called
to the situation of the bridge over the ditch at
the corner of Mrs. Palmer’s lot in Ucrkerville.
The bridge is now and per tie is all right but. it
would take one with the jumping powers of a
bull-frog to get on or off it. Don’t forget to
send the Marshal around and hav%it fixed,
—Me take the following list of the five largest
tax payers in Burke county from our Tftx Re
ceiver’s books: Maj W. A Wilkins, 8102,962;
S. A/ Gray, $54 C87; estate of B, R. Miller, $81,000;
James M. Dye, f2«,000; R. Steiner. 125,056. The
amount of taxubie property in Burke aggregates
82,7)2,908, being some increase over last year's
return.
—Bob Williams, col., was arrested and lodged
in jail this week, for letting his hatred • f Wash
Corker, col., get his ire so worked up tliai last
Sunday morning, about daylight, he very quiet
ly kindled a fire under Wash’s fence, burning
a In ut sixty panels before the tire could be
checked. Afay he get his Just dues for such a
mean act.
—Last week in noticing the changes among
‘ ur merchants, we Inadvertantly left our good
friend, W. M. Wimberly out of doors. Mr. W.
will occupy the stork used by Broadhurst &
Crocker last winter, it is a fine store room and
a tine stand for business, and with the large
stock he expects to put in for the fall and win
ter trade, and Ids “motto live and let live,” he
is bound to succeed.
—Mr. W. H. Bteph cn». aged about
25 y»*HTP, died at the residence of Mr.
O. B. Lively <>f malarial typhoid fever,
on the 18th ult. Mr. Stephens had
been at work in Augusta for several
months, but was taken sick, and
started for home and was compelled
to stop at Mr. Liveh’e. his cousin,
oulv four miles from home, where he
died. Death is sad at all ages, but
how much more when t he young, just
stepping uuob the threshold of liie
stricken down. The bereaved family
has our sympathies.
Subscriptions are positively cash.
A RIDE WITH DR. WHITEHEAD
Last week, being too sick to attend to
our professional duties, we gladly ac
4;epted an invitaiion to take a ride with
Dr. A. G. Whitehead, who was about to
start on an ex'ensive trip of profession
al visits. And let us say right here that
the area of the doctor’s practice is only
limited by his ability to reach his pa
tients. Leaving town about. 3 o’o'ock,
p. m., we took our way in a southwest
erly direction across the country. The
first crops which came under our ob er
vation \ie considered poor, and felt dis
appointed. But passing rapidly • n,
the charac’er of the crops rap’dly
changed for the better, nd o r ow i ob
servation sooo verified the reports
which we had so often heard this sea
son, that “ he crops in Burke cnuniv
were just as good as the laud and the
cultiva’i n they have received could
make them.” Indeed, wc feel s-tfe in say
ing that the same hands who have made
the erops will not be able to gather
them. But on we went, stopping only
where the doctor's professional services
were called into requisition. Passing
through a section of dense native forest,
suddenly there burs upon our vision a
great opening, resembling more some
large bay than a plantation This was
Dr. Steiner’s home place, -nd far away
almost as far as the eye could reach, 'lie
co ton and corn waved and danced in
the breeze, and ‘'like things of life,”
seemed to rejoice in “the sunshine and
th< rain.” Further on we came to Dr.
Steiner’s elegant residence, situated in a
beautiful grove, and which bore about
it an air of refinement iu d luxury which
made one think of the days anti-bell um,
when an independent Georgia farmer was
equal to a “prince of the blood.” Here
we met Dr. Steiner in person, who in
formed ns that the p'antation which lay
s retched out before us had more than
a 1 ,(’0( - acres in cultiva 1 ion, which h'd
been done with the werk of only 23
hands, nd to all appearances the cultiva
tion had been more 1 ike that of a garden
than Tie usual field work. This al
most. incredible Jesuit has been reached
by the adoption of the latest aud m st
approved labor-saving agricultural im
plements. with which cue hand is able
to do the work of three or four. The
Doit r makes machinery do the labor of
hands, and has a machine for every uur-
pose where it can be used. By a judi
cious system of manuring Mid cu'tiva
tion Dr. S liner has already improved
Ids lands until his home p.a' tation is,
with all its appliances and conveniencies,
perhaps, the most va’uable plantation
in the county. His crop: tins year will
; be abundant of nil kinds.
Leaving Dr. Steiner’s, we sped on,
and soon cauie to the famous old plant-
tion bi lnnginj to the Miller estate,
with its thousands of acres, where for’ urns
have bpen made, and upon jrhich now
stands a magnificent crop. Stiil moving
• n, wr found the crops, some poorer,
some better, but all as good as the land
and the cultivation will make them—
but the b's' average we ever saw. We
reached town a lit le after 8 o’clock, p.
m , having made about a 30 mile cir
cuit. the doctor having ; dministered to
about 30 patients, and we perfectly sat
isfied with our trip.
A VISIT TO GRAY fc QUINNEY’s MILL.
Ah'ut 3 o’clock, a. n>., by prear
rangement, on Monday morning, the mu
sical voice of Mr. Thomas A. Quiuney
rippled to our auricular organs, which
recalled us from the land of dreams for
the purpose of accompanying him on a
visit to the above named mill, situated
in the northeastern part of the county,
17 miles dis'ant. We were s< on ready,
and springing into the carriage behind
Mr. Gary’s spanking team with Ned to
manage the ribbons, wo swept out of
town guided by Luna’s pale beams.
As soon as it was light enough to
see we put our eyes to work on the
c-ops, and found them everywhere good.
We arrived at the mill, about 8 o’clock,
and after a hearty breakfast which
thanks to the morning’s rido and Mrs.
Paris’ culinary i-kill was most palatable,
we gave the ntw mill a close inspection
from sheeting to rafter. The mill is
situated below the eonfiuenoenoe of Long
Branch and Boggy Gut creeks, < n the
site of G. W, Sapp's old Silver Hill
mill, on a plantation purcha-ed by
Messrs. Gray <fc Quiuney, containg 1,-
418^ acres belonging to Mr. G W.
Sapp, at public side, about eight
months ago. Determing to utilize the
fine water-power on the place, the pur
chasers looked around for a workman who
could do the job in first class order.—
'I hoy found him in the person of Mr.
Wm. MoCathero, machinist aud mill
wright, who, if we may judge from the
work, nas no superior and few equals in
the State. On ihe first day of May
lasl work was begun, the old timbers
were removed, the decayed piling taken
up, ’he seat filled in, new piling driven
home, and a substantial foundation
laid. Then the heavy frame work was
built of picked timbers, and af er a
close inspection we afirm toat we never
saw a more solid or bett’er job put to
gether anywhere or for any purpose.—
The mill h use is 40 by 40 feet, and
from sheeting to rafter is constructed of
best material, and every piece put in its
right place. McCathern has excelled him
self in the construction of this work.
Next came the work of putting in
the machinery. This consists of an
Ecli'se Double Turbine Yuiter Wheel,
of 33 32 horse-power, and is cabable of
driving all the maclii. ery attached with
a much less head f water than the ten
feet at their command. The shafting
and gearing was all cast and dressed by
those great Southern foundry men, Geo.
R. Lombard & Co., of Augusta, and
fi s perfec' ty, and no flaw can be detect->l
ed in any part of it The stones ar ■ 43
inch Esophus. manufactured by Wm.
gtenner, Atlanta, Ga., an$ will > e in
tact long aft. r mat ufacturers and pur
chasers have aH 'ong passed away. The
capacity of the mill is a bushel in four
minutes, which w‘!I preclude the n ces-
sity of a customer waiting for his meal.
To the mill machinery will be at
tached a 60 saw gin manufactured by
that celebrated gin maker, Brown, of
New London, Conn., with a patent feed
er att iohment, and a press mad at
the great Iron Works of Scofield & Co.,
Macon, Ga. Thus have the citizens in
that section two great convenh neies pro
jected and completed by these enterpris
ing gentemen which they will no doubt
appreciate by a full run of patronage.—
One dferd in regard to the nw a.ement.
There is often much complaint of un
fair dealing at both mills and gins, but
the well established oharaeter for integ
rity of Gray & Quinney will assure the
public of fair dealing—neither would
they keep a man in their employment
five minutes who was detected in the
least dishonest net. And thus they
feel that they can offer their patrons
entire saisfaction.
—Mr. P. B. Hall is the first to intro -
duce the celebrated cotton seed oil for
cooking purposes into this market. It
is claimed that this oil is as good as
lard, which if it be true, will insure its
sale as it is much cheaper. We are
trying it, and want others to give us the
result of their experiments.
—We are sorry to learn that Mr.
Walker MoCathern lost his dw Uing
house by fire on Thursday night, on his
Gum Swamp plantation. The house
was a comfortable dwelling of five rooms,
and • as occupied at the time by
one white man and two negro men, who
came near being caught as the flames
had sorfar progi essed that they barely
escaped with their lives. Everything
the house contained was burned,—
Cause of fire accidental. Loss about
$700- -no insurance.
—In another column will be found an
advertisement from Mercer University,
which we commend to parents and
guardians who contemplate giving their
sons or wards a collegiate course. Mer
cer University is no beneficiary of the
State, dependent on taxation of the
people for a support; but raising its
standard of scholarship to a high degree,
and planting itself upon the learning of
its faculty, it proposes to live by its
own merits. The graduates of Mercer
stand to day among the most learned
scholars of the South, and she has good
reason to be proud of her alumni. To
young men who are considering what
college they shall attend, we consider
Mercer TJniver-ity by far the l est in
stitution of 1 arning in the South. See
advertisement.
—There is nothing which gives>us
more pleasure than the appearance
of a fine farm ; t 1 eretore, when our
good friend, Mr. Walker McCatherr,
invited us to take a ride over his
Holms’ plantation, we most cheer
fully accept'd, and mounting our
gallant steed we w’ere soon on our
way. Arriving at the farm, Me.
took particular pains wp should enter
it at its poorest place, and as we ad
vanced the crop gjew better. Aware
that the seasons had be n most pro
pitious the present year, we were
prepared to see an improvement upon
last year which we knew was almost
a total failure ; but we were not pre
pared to see so much improvement,
as one seeing it last year, and com
paring it fith the crop now on the
ground would not know it was the
same land. We found much of the
cotton as high as the tall horse upon
which we were sitting and so full
of fruit that the stalk was hardly
able to sustain it. Every stalk of
cotton seemed to have all oc it that
it could bear, and the corn was so
much better than the appearance of
the land would indicate that it was
fimply astonishing. Mr. McCathern
has 275 acres of cotton and 100 acres
of corn on the place, and expects to
gather 100 bales of cotton and 800
busluds of corn. Good cultivation
and good seasons havo done th<‘i
work, and in our opinion Me. wi
gather 128 bales of ootton, and 1000
bushels of corn. We returned to our
office well pleased with our mornings
ride, and convinced that old Burble
will well sustain its rqj^httion
the best farmh g coun
— Last Sunday evening, just af'er
the rain, -everal gentlemen were sib
ling on the piazza of Mr. Wm, Chan
dler’s residence, a deer, a large d<e,
was observed to walk Up near the
house, showing no signs of wildness.
Litt’e Willie McCathern, grand-son <>f
Mr. C., walked to the fence to get, a
nearer view of the pretty auirna ,
when it put its nose through the
crack as if it wanted to be fed, and
licked the little fellowV baid. The
gentlemen present went out and seiz~
in’ the deer, after a hard struggle
succeeded in putting it into a pm,
where Mr. Chandler kept it two days,
when becoming convinced that it
was somebody’s tame deer, he turs e 1
it lose. Mr. Chandler says he has
since heard that a gentleman living
in Scriven county has a tame deer,
and supposes this one was it. . Tin*
circumstance created considerable
excitement among those preseut ut
the time.
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Local $ Business.
X3T Carry your Guns and Pisto's Jjrlff
SLW to John Haenel to be repair
K3T ed. AH work warranted.
S. SCHWARZ WEISS
SELLS THE GENUINE ,
BAKER AND OTHER CELE
BRATED BRANDS OF WHISKY
KEEPS ALSO F ESH CIDER
AND LAGER ALWAYS •
O in DRAUGHT.
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tSOT Give John Haenel atrial at
’y«'Ur Guns and Pistols, he
gS&~ makes them as good as new Jffff
t3T and cheaper than you can jShJf
have i-uch work done
where. No shoddy jots.
S. SCHWARZWE1SS PA
THE HIGHEST MARKER
PRICE FOR DRY FLIN r
HIDES AND OLD iron:
boulder, liter
tion will be rewarded.
STRAYED.
ale,
I he top. Any
O NE large bay mare mule, with collar
each si
atlg-4,’82,1 w,
Meieer Univerj